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单词 brob
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brobn.

/brɒb/
Etymology: probably related to northern dialect ‘brob to prick with a bodkin’ (Grose): compare brad, brod, brog, etc.
‘A peculiar spike, driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping’ (Raymond Mining Gloss. 1881).
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1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 112 Brob, a peculiar spike, driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

brobv.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: prop v.3
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Apparently related to, and perhaps a variant of, prop v.3
English regional (northern and midlands). Obsolete.
intransitive. To prick, pierce, or poke. Cf. prop v.3
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1748 Articles for High Peak Hundred in W. Hardy Miner's Guide 22 If any Miner within the King's Field, do brob or make any Holes for the finding of any Vein or Rake.
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) (Suppl.) Brob.., to prick with a bodkin. North.
a1796 S. Pegge Two Coll. Derbicisms (1896) 91 Brob, to prick; ‘The cow with the tip of her horn brob'd the man's eye out.’
1866 R. Hallam Wadsley Jack vi. 25 I can't tell yo' t' number o' red jackets' at wor' i' my bed, wi' bayonets fix'd, an' which brobb'd me moast unmarcifully.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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